Having helped the Blaugrana to four titles, the Argentine attacker is already the finest footballer to play Champions League.

Club football is back with a bang this weekend with a number of huge matches from around the footballing world.

One of the game's greatest players, Lionel Messi, has praised Wayne Rooney, calling him a "special" player that's not comparable to any others.

Argentina come from behind thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi as they draw with Mexico.

Police in Argentina have charged a man they say kept his wife and adult son locked up in a cell for several years with unlawful imprisonment.

A virtuoso performance from Sergio Aguero led Argentina to a 7-0 friendly win over Bolivia in Houston.

Argentina play their first fixture since losing to Chile in the Copa America final when they go up against Bolivia.

Manchester United boss "killed" the Argentine winger during his time at Old Trafford according to Former PSG star Edouard Cisse.

Chelsea have agreed a deal with Barcelona to sign winger Pedro for a fee of £21m.

Manchester United sign Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero as a result of the uncertainty over David De Gea.

Argentina knocks Germany off top place in the FIFA world rankings despite having lost to their rivals in the World Cup final last year and to Chile in last weekend's Copa America.

Messi outscores Maradona in almost every department, with 46 goals in 103 international appearances compared to Maradona's 34 goals in 91 games.

Argentina's Lionel Messi says his star-studded team are "desperate" to mark their status by winning the Copa America final against hosts Chile.

Argentina remain on course to win first Copa America title since 1993 after thrashing Paraguay to set up a final against tournament hosts Chile.

Two Argentinian pilots have been fired for inviting model Victoria Xipolitakis into the cockpit, and letting her fly the plane, reports Mashable.

Carlos Tevez scores the winning spot-kick as Argentina beat Colombia on penalties to reach the Copa America semi-finals.

Diego Maradona wants to stand for the FIFA presidency to succeed Sepp Blatter, according to reports in South America.

Lionel Messi wins his 100th cap as Argentina beat Jamaica to finish top of Copa America Group B and probably avoid Brazil in the quarter-finals.

Sergio Aguero scores a brilliant near-post header as Argentina defeats defending champions Uruguay at the Copa America 2015.

It didn’t take Lionel Messi long to get on the Copa América scoresheet. It didn’t take much longer for Paraguay to throw Group B into a tizzy.